Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: The Junior Welterweight Edition

David Becker/Getty ImagesAmir Khan doing his best Regis Philbin impersonation.

When Golden Boy Promotions put together a tournament featuring four very hungry and talented young junior welterweights, they dangled one prize: a multimillion-dollar clash with British star Amir Khan.

Due to his U.K. fanbase, Khan is clearly the biggest payday available at junior welterweight.

The winners of an April 27 clash between Danny Garcia vs. Zab Judah and a May 18 clash between Lamont Peterson vs. Lucas Matthysse will fight in the finals sometime in September.

Now what does this all have to do with Mayweather? Simple. The winner becomes a highlight-reel-packed young gun who's battle tested against the best competition available.

Between the action-packed fights and the story of going through such a gauntlet of talent, whoever wins this tournament will be an easy sell against Mayweather during a possible fight in 2014.

Deal or No Deal: Starring Devon Alexander and Kell Brook

Devon Alexander was mentioned by Floyd Mayweather on Twitter one slow afternoon in boxing news as the original front-runner for a May 4 clash this year, and the Internet exploded with opinions on it.

The mention that IBF welterweight champ Alexander might be getting the opportunity over a perceived better challenge in Robert Guerrero ruffled some feathers.

But with Alexander's latest defense coming on May 18 against a talented, undefeated British rising star in Kell Brook, Alexander may be able to land the signature victory that has seemed to allude him.

Guerrero's pounding and disfiguring of Andre Berto's face is the signature win last November that earned Guerrero his shot. If Alexander can clearly dominate or, better yet, stop Brook, he could land the deal.

On the flip side, if Brook stops Alexander, he may be in line for a big-money clash. Whether that clash will be against Mayweather is questionable. British rival Amir Khan is making his welterweight debut soon.

On April 27, Khan will test the welterweight waters at a catchweight of 143. If he feels comfortable and Brook defeats Alexander for the IBF title, a deal could be in place to match the two Brits.

Though Mayweather isn't signed to Golden Boy Promotions, he often works extensively with the company, meaning they will prefer to have him face one of their fighters.

While Golden Boy promotes Alexander and Khan, Brook is not one of them. Should Brook defeat Alexander, Khan will be given to Brook in hopes of snatching the title back for Golden Boy.

But the Khan-Brook fight would instantly sell out a stadium and present Mayweather with a bona fide ticket seller in England, which is a place where he wants to fight at some point.

No matter who holds the IBF title by the end of 2013, be it Alexander, Brook or Khan, he will have certainly notched a notable enough victory to become a possible Mayweather opponent.

Jeopardy: The Undefeated Edition

When two undefeated world champions as talented as Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Austin "No Doubt" Trout step up against each other to put their "0's" in jeopardy, the world takes notice.

The two junior middleweights clash on April 20 in San Antonio at the famous Alamodome. The winner will become a clear front-runner to face Mayweather as early as this September.

With Mayweather's past four opponents, they were each either coming off a big upset win over an Al Haymon-managed fighter or a popular Mexican.

No matter who wins between popular Mexican Canelo Alvarez or Al Haymon fighter Trout, he will fit in line with that trend.

The only possible problem with this fight is that it's a junior middleweight fight, a weight Mayweather hasn't looked his best at the two times he's ventured there.

In his first visit north to 154 pounds, Oscar De La Hoya gave Mayweather the only split-decision victory of his whole career, the first time he lost on any scorecard.

Upon his second visit last year against Miguel Cotto, Mayweather lost arguably four rounds and had a rare bloody nose during the encounter. Now that he's defending his 147-pound title, he may remain there.

The pound-for-pound king may not want to put himself in jeopardy again with another weight gain. Only time will tell if he's willing to head north at least one more time.